Boyhood Wins Top FIPRESCI Critics Award

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Richard Linklater's Boyhood has been named the best film of the past year by the members of the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI.

The poll for the FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2014 - Best Film of the Year gathered votes from 553 members throughout the world.

In the first phase, participants nominated feature-length films that received their world premiere no earlier than July 1, 2013. This led to a final round between the four finalists: Boyhood by Richard Linklater, Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski, The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson, and Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

This is the first Linklater has won the prize, which has previously gone to Michael Haneke, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jafar Panahi, Pedro Almodóvar, Jean-Luc Godard and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, among others, since its establishment in 1999.

Boyhood will have a special screening at the San Sebastián Film Festival on Sept 19, where the FIPRESCI Grand Prix will be presented.Sen Sebastian guests

The San Sebastian Film Festival (Sept 19-27) has also revealed its guest list and a selection of juries for its 62nd edition.

Denzel Washington, who will receive the Donostia Award, will join Antoine Fuqua to open the Festival on September 19 with The Equalizer.

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Omar Sy together with directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano will be the guests at the closing gala on Sept 27 with Samba.

Actors and directors will accompany their films in the Official Selection including: